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City Plumber returns at last, answering: Why do townhouses and apartments get put on the busy streets while single family dwellers get the quiet stretches?

June 4th, 2012 · 9 Comments

City Plumber was out of commission for a few months, for personal reasons that I think many of you reading this blog are aware of.

But the Plumber is back and panting to answer questions! The latest Q and A has just been posted. I’ve answered a few other questions the last several weeks either privately or in other blog posts. (Why is a streetlight being installed at this intersection, what is happening with the posting for a director of planning, etc.)

I still have a list of questions from the first rush but do welcome more. A hint: It’s nice for all concerned, but the Plumber especially, if you post an actual question rather than a political rant or a grumble disguised as a question.

Final word of advice: Commenters should consolidate their answers in one place. Got very confusing during the Wall Centre glass discussion, with people posting both under City Plumber and the main blog.

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  • Max

    My understanding is condos/apartments are tied to possible access to public transit.

    Isn’t that how the City is implementing their densifaction dream? Regardless.

  • Andrew Browne

    Can you disable comments on the “announcement” post and instead direct everyone to the actual City Plumber post?

  • Bill Lee

    As in to the Plumber Link
    http://francesbula.com/questions/why-do-the-denser-forms-of-housing-get-stuck-on-the-busiest-streets/

    Because it is easier for the chickens to streamline dendritic basins while they negotiate open-ended architectures using morph scaled dynamics while optimizing ubiquitous frameworks.
    [Thanks for the latter to a Fabula discovered one-from-column-A, one-from-column-B…
    Landscape Urbanism Bullshit Generator (Beta)
    ruderal.com/bullshit/bullshit.htm ]

  • Guest

    Because the NIMBY single family homeowners complain so they get their way – too much traffic from multi-family homes, blah blah, blah…

    The developers are at the mercy of the City – so they go where they are told.

    The future purchasers of the townhouses don’t yet play a role, so they have no say as to where their future home will be built.

  • John

    “The future purchasers of the townhouses don’t yet play a role, so they have no say as to where their future home will be built.”

    I beg to differ. They play a role by deciding whether or not to buy the townhouse in the first place.

  • Frances Bula

    @Andrew. Apparently this is beyond my primitive technical abilities so I’m conferring with the high-priced help re your suggestion.

  • Lewis N. Villegas

    Like Bill Lee puts it, the discussion is here

    http://francesbula.com/questions/why-do-the-denser-forms-of-housing-get-stuck-on-the-busiest-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-194697

    But, I’m baffled by this plumbing stuff, Frances. We need two spaces to get the job done?

  • Frank Ducote

    Ditto.

  • Guest

    I beg to differ. They play a role by deciding whether or not to buy the townhouse in the first place.

    But that’s after the planning process – so their choices are limited to townhouses on busy streets – there being no townhouses on quiet streets.